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Author: Hynes, James
Of specific Lesbian interest
Published on 11 April 2024 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 464 pages
198 x 130 x 26 | 314g
As an empire burns, he will rise from the ashes.
Sparrow, the Sunday Times bestselling historical epic by James Hynes, is the incredibly moving story of one boys journey to freedom in the harsh world of the Roman Empire.
A small town at the edge of a dying empire.
A slave boy raised in a brothel, with no known identity or origin.
Sparrows world consists of a kitchen and herb-scented garden, a loud and dangerous tavern, and the mysterious upstairs where the wolves, the women who have shaped his world, conduct their business. Where freedom is only for a privileged few, Sparrows life is hard-edged and violent.
But change is coming.
The world outside his garden is about to be reshaped, and as an empire crumbles, murder and mayhem will come to Sparrows door. As the only family hes ever known scatters, will Sparrow fall or fly?Truly unforgettable' Daily MailMasterful in its portrayal of love, sex and friendship' The Observer
